Irish Family Syndicate Claims €8.5m Irish Lotto Jackpot

The winners of a €8.5 million Irish Lotto jackpot have come forward to claim their great prize. The lucky players are a family from Kilkenny who struck it lucky in the May 7 draw,

While the family have not revealed their identities, they did travel to the National Lottery HQ in Dublin to receive their cheque. While there, they spoke to Irish Lotto officials about their lottery success.

Quite relaxed

They didn’t check their Irish Lotto ticket right away. In fact, it wasn’t until May 10 that they did so and got the shock of their lives. One of the syndicate members said that they had “been quite relaxed” about their Irish Lotto win.

 “You always think that when you win the lotto, you will be jumping around and spraying champagne, but we’ve been quite sensible in the last few weeks and kept our feet firmly on the ground,” said the lucky winner.

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Sit tight

How will they be spending their Irish Lotto win? At present, their plan is to “sit tight for the next couple of months” and then they will start considering what to do with their windfall. The only current plan is to help a local charity. Their generous intention is to support them “as much as we can in the coming months and years.”

Paying off mortgages is going to 3be one of the ways they’ll use their winnings. They win will make “paying bills an awful lot easier,” the Irish Lotto commented.

The family may now be millionaires, but the syndicate member doesn’t believe it will change them. He described them as an incredibly level-headed family and this newfound wealth “won’t affect us one bit.”

Their jackpot winning Irish Lotto ticket was purchased from a very lucky store. That’s the Centra in Mooncoin, Kilkenny who also sold a €6.8 million winning ticket in December 2019.

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